State v. Crawford

FRYE, Justice.

Defendant, Daryl Fredrick Crawford, was indicted on 21 September 1992 for the murder of his wife, Jeannetta Crawford. In a noncapital trial, the jury found defendant guilty of first-degree murder on the basis of malice, premeditation, and deliberation. On 1 June 1994, the trial court entered a judgment imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for the first-degree murder conviction.

On appeal to this Court, defendant makes four arguments. After reviewing the record, transcript, briefs, and oral arguments of coun sel, we conclude that defendant received a fair trial, free of…